Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-27

SOU" ttIS lelhuTelN up anu ASKS lOf puma,
! ana No. |, not attempting TO conceal his
/ JOY at being released, takes hasty de-
/ par;ure, Yowing never to dance with
/ "tnat pilP' again. Into the corner where
/ tue black coated crowd stands he nurries,
and bewaIls loudly hs fate at having
/ been stuck, for nobody knows how long,
! with Miss Brown, and poor Miss Brown
/ from that time forth is doomed. Her
mamma may give parties III plenty TO at
I tract the young men into paying her
! daughter some attention. All IN vain.
| These empty, selfish pOpiniays ac-
/ cept Mrs Browns hospitality with
grace and celebrity, dispose of her Pom
/ merry Sec and pate de fOie gras like so
many greedy pigs, smile blandly at the
daughter and hope they may meet her at
the next german. But, alas! When the
next german comes the Brown family il
in despair. The young men carefully
avoid the corner where Susie stands in a
blue and silver gown in which abe really
/ looks charming, and quite forget that only
week since they put themselves under
Obligations to be at least moderately pO-
! lite. The Inflated Susie dances perhaps
twice, and after supper is taken home by
her mother, wretched and gloomy at hav-
ing tailed TO secure partner for the ger
man. and convinced that The tates have
never destined her TO shine in society.
| story, as to every other. There are some
very nice girls. gay. bright ana Jolly when
they are with their feminine friends who
are frightened into shy embarrassment
and seeming stupidity at the approach of
man. They long to be as entertaining
and agreeable as their more courageous
sisters, but their dltfldence Will not even
allow them to begin. SO they sit in
trembling quiet untll there is really some
reason Tor complaint on the part OF their
partners, who prefer a girl who can chat
ter silly nonsense and laugh infec tiously
TO the cleVeres5 pussY-Cat of them all.
Then that awful dread of getting left
bangs over the heads of many a party
goer like the sword OF Damocles. The
disgrace of sjttipg UNDECIDED at her moth
er's side Through dance after dance, OF
realizing HAT her misfortune Will be
talked over ana laughed at at half the
luncheOns next DAY, ana OF feeling the
sting OF the sYmpa6hlzng gldnces cast in
her direction by the bellies of the evening,
could hardly fail to cast a uamper over
the most uproarlOus OF spTts. FOrlOrn,
unhappy, With anxiety plainly stamped
upon her face, she looks SO far from at
tractive that il is no wonder that she gets
no attention fTOm the too eXaCtinE beauX
One OF the philosophical chaperons at
the last assembly, who occupies Ger long
hours OF waiting ana watching by refec-
lions upon society as represented before
her, WAS Immensely amused by the frank
iamentatiOu OF a pretty bud who sat down
beside her. She was a lovely young crea-
ture, in an airy, fairy trOck, which dis
PLAYED her dimpled shoulders to great adj
vantage and admirably set off her girlish
graces. Bat she wore an expression of
despair
ION, DEAR she sighed complainingly,
81 know shan't have good time. shall
get awiuliy left. just hear that waltz
WaldteuiePs! Pm diving to dance. but
nobody asks me. If could once get out
on the floor should be all right, for the
men would see me and then come up.
But here sit, and OF course they can't
help thinking Pm pill. Dear. dearl
was engaged to young man tor the first
waltz, and thought everything would 20
smoothly, but his brOther-in-law had 10
20 and die last night and be isn't here.
Now. why couldn't that brJther-in-law
have lived another day? OF course I'm
getting left. | knew | should be. ii
only could get taken out oncep And she
tapped her satin slipper nerYOusiy upon
the floor.
And she was right. There she staid in
a state of absolute wretchedness for quite
fifteen minutes. Then some gallant gen.
tlemen came to the rescue, and her pre-
Clciion was verified, for she was instantly
in great demand, and never sat down
again during the evening. Two or three
SWANS were at her elbow during the
promenade, and she danced with the
blithest, while her happy face was some
thing that did one good to sec. u is true
taat, as in this case, good time IS very
apt 10 be matter of chance. 1t general
ly depends upon the way In which one be-
gins. 70 enter the bail-loJm while the
music is playing, and to be taken i'm
meiiately into The whirl of dancers
is a certain presage of success, for, once
on the floor. one IS never mistaken for
pill, and the men are not afraid of getting
uck. But TO make ones appearance
between the dances, when there is gen.
eral lull and the gO-as you-please sweeps
round the hall in endless procession; 10
SIT down with 0ue's chaperon in az in
conspicuous corner, ana 10 wait YEARLY
and BnAluus!y Iur partner IS quite
another thing, and may well cause the
most brilliant debutante TO tremble Tor
her chance OF happiness. It's all wrong.
There is no reason In the world why
every girl should not enjoy herself thor
oughly, and skip and slide over that
we'll waxed lioor 10 her hearts
content, for there are men
enough to provide each with a part
ner, aud more than enough. But the men
are superbly seiish b, ana, rather than risk
being little bored tor a lew moments,
they herd III thrOngs III a corner, gossip.
ing, chatting, and crlticising, with no
more real chlValry IN their souls than
might be expect from FIJI Islanders.
Why cannot they sacritce themselves
little, and by trilIing eXertiOn change
the whole face Of society from a trOwn to
a smile. 1t rests with toen 10 put the
ball upon its dear old fashioned footing
OF goodfeliOwship and simple jOtlity. II
every man made up hts mind TO dance
all the time, with the uninteresting
as we'll as the attractive girls,
there would soon be an end TO the
getting left" and "being stuck" which
are so talked about and bewailed today.
The sad-faced wall-1Owers would bloom
into happy hearted bellies. and half the
envy and heart burnings that consume the
fashionable world would vanish forever
into thin air. DO let us try itfor a while.
Come out OF your corners, you law, good
tOr-Bothing dandies, and acquIt you like
men! Take partners for the polka. Right
loot, left foot, slide. step jump-One, two,
one, two--aLd presto! There is nothing
but laughter in the air and not an uncom-
Portable Thought among us all.
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